Evaluation scheme for a positron emission tomography system used in monitoring of radiation therapy

Informatik aktuell

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 147-151

  Shakirin, Georgy ^a   Fiedler, Fine ^a   Enghardt, Wolfgang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; POSITRONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TISSUE;

ACTIVITY DISTRIBUTION; EVALUATION SCHEME; IRRADIATED TISSUE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); RADIOACTIVE NUCLEI; THERAPEUTIC BEAMS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79951904524     PISSN: 1431472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-93860-6_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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